Radio galaxy 4C41.17

Esahubble_opo9226a_1024

esahubble_opo9226a November 13th, 1992

Credit: Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the European Space Agency, NASA/ESA, the European Economic Community, NATO, and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope an international team of astronomers is uncovering intriguing new details about the most distant galaxy known, located more than ten billion light-years away.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9226a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
4C 41.17
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale GALEX (WFPC1) Optical (R) 702.0 nm
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC1) Optical (V) 569.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Grayscale
Esahubble_opo9226a_1280
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ID
opo9226a
Subject Category
D.5  
Subject Name
4C 41.17
Credits
Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the European Space Agency, NASA/ESA, the European Economic Community, NATO, and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Release Date
1992-11-13T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9226a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
GALEX, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC1, WFPC1
Color Assignment
Grayscale, Grayscale
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V
Central Wavelength
702, 569
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
3061.0, 1657.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9226a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:37:44+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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